Improvement in weeding-hoe



JEROME'S. MUNGER, OF ACLEAN, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. 88,659, am April 6, 1869.

IIWPROVEMEN T IN 'WEEDING-H0.E.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making par: of the Same.

tre of the handle A, one-third ofthe whole length of the cutting-blade B, the straight portion `of which To all whom it may conccwz:

Be it known that I, JEROME S. MUNGER, of Olean, in the county of Oattaraugus, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu a weeding-Hoe, for the. cultivation of vines, flowers, and all. kinds of garden-vegetables; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciicatiou, in which-l Figure l represents a perspective view of' my improved weeding-hoe.

The object of myinvention is to enable vine-growers, horticulturists, and gardeners, tol take out all of the weeds, and loosen the earth shaped so as to cut any so substance easily; while on the portion forming the bow c the edges are made quite d ull, and act as safe-edges against vines and ,plants thatare hard enough tobe borne against, forming a fulcrum, to cut off' suckers, or runners, oroifshoots, near the roots, or surface-roots, as well as rank weeds, or 'anything that obstructs the proper growth 'of the vines, plants, or shrubs.

The long, narrow, tapering point B, is peculiarly adapted to loosening the earth around young, or ten'- der plants, or flowers, and also vines, -to a considerable depth, the safe-edge bow e protecting the stem, while thel sharp-edged point does its .wor

The advantages of my improved weeding-hoe are readily seen, and are duly appreciated by every one who has tried it, it having been made of varioussizes, andthoroughly tested for all of the purposes enumerated during the last season; and double the .amount of weeding can be done in a given time, with less labor and fatigue, and noinjury to the vines, or plants, than any other known or used, so that the utility of the into my knowledge.

My invention consists in the construction and peculiar formation of the hoe, or cutting-blade with a bow, extending back from 'the shank and line ofthe handle full one-third the distance of the length 'of' the operating or cutting-blade, which tapersV to a point, having both edges sharp, from the point to the v'curveof the bow, which is dull, forming a safe edge, as the hoe is worked up close to the vines or plants. V

'lo .enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawing, and to the letters marked thereon.

The weeding-hoe, or implement, may be made of any desired size, or dimensions, or of various sizes, to suit the various purposes of cultivating, the handle-A being great degree of novelty.

Having thusffully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, is-

A weeding-hoe, constructed in the manner herein desciibed, asa new article of manufacture.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name,

in the presence of- JEROME S..MUNGER.

provided with 'a feirule, a, so that the shank b of the Witnesses: v cutting-blade B canbe tted, and driven in firmly. W. T. ELLITHORP, From the shank b the metal is. widened out, to form L. H. KELSEY.

the. bow c, which extends back, or one-side ofthe een- Y 

